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Meaning of SPECTRAL

Pronunciation:  'spektrul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  like or being a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"
  2. [adj]  of or relating to a spectrum; "spectral colors"; "spectral analysis"
 
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 Synonyms: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spiritual, supernatural
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Spec"tral\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty.
         He that feels timid at the spectral form of evil is
         not the man to spread light.          --F. W.
                                               Robertson.
2. (Opt.) Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the
   spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral analysis.
{Spectral lemur}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Tarsius}.
 
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